Education News
Mayor's Education/ Workforce
Stakeholders Adopt
Corpus Christi Education
Strategic Plan
T
he Corpus Christi May-
or’s Education/Workforce
Stakeholders, a data-driven
collaboration between edu-
cation and business to grow
economic prosperity through
increased educational attain-
ment, approved the adop-
tion of the Corpus Christi
Education Strategic Plan. At
a meeting held at Corpus
Christi City Hall, 24 commit-
tee members reviewed and
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discussed the plan that has
been in development for
about a year before being
formally adopted by the com-
mittee on Monday.
have been selected to help
education and workforce
leaders achieve the goal:
Priority 1: Improve awareness
and preparation for post-
The goal of the plan is for secondary education and
sixty percent of the Corpus careers throughout the P-16
Christi population to attain a system.
postsecondary certificate or
degree by 2030, which mir- Priority 2: Use data to drive
rors the state’s higher edu- decisions and create a com-
cation goal. Three priorities pelling call to action.
NOVEMBER 2017